TY  - JOUR
A1  - Burauel, Patrick F.
A1  - Caliendo, Marco
A1  - Grabka, Markus M.
A1  - Obst, Cosima
A1  - Preuss, Malte
A1  - Schröder, Carsten
A1  - Shupe, Cortnie
T1  - The impact of the German minimum wage on individual wages and monthly warnings
JF  - Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik = Journal of economics and statistics
N2  - This paper evaluates the short-run impact of the introduction of a statutory minimum wage in Germany on the hourly wages and monthly earnings of workers targeted by the reform. We first provide detailed descriptive evidence of changes to the wage structure in particular at the bottom of the distribution and distinguish between trends for regularly employed and marginally employed workers. In the causal analysis, we then employ a differential trend adjusted difference-in-differences (DTADD) strategy to identify the extent to which these changes in wages and earnings can be attributed to the minimum wage introduction. We find that the minimum wage introduction can account for hourly wage growth in the order of roughly 6.5 % or (sic)0.45/hour and an increase in monthly earnings of 6.6 % or (sic)53/month. Despite finding wage growth at the bottom of the distribution, the paper documents widespread non-compliance with the mandated wage floor of (sic)8.50/hour.
KW  - minimum wage
KW  - wage and earnings structure
KW  - inequality
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1515/jbnst-2018-0077
SN  - 0021-4027
SN  - 2366-049X
VL  - 240
IS  - 2-3
SP  - 201
EP  - 231
PB  - De Gruyter
CY  - Berlin
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Caliendo, Marco
A1  - Fedorets, Alexandra
A1  - Preuss, Malte
A1  - Schröder, Carsten
A1  - Wittbrodt, Linda
T1  - The short- and medium-term distributional effects of the German minimum wage reform
JF  - Empirical economics
N2  - This study quantifies the distributional effects of the minimum wage introduced in Germany in 2015. Using detailed Socio-Economic Panel survey data, we assess changes in the hourly wages, working hours, and monthly wages of employees who were entitled to be paid the minimum wage. We employ a difference-in-differences analysis, exploiting regional variation in the “bite” of the minimum wage. At the bottom of the hourly wage distribution, we document wage growth of 9% in the short term and 21% in the medium term. At the same time, we find a reduction in working hours, such that the increase in hourly wages does not lead to a subortionate increase in monthly wages. We conclude that working hours adjustments play an important role in the distributional effects of minimum wages.
KW  - minimum wage
KW  - wage distribution
KW  - hourly wages
KW  - inequality
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-022-02288-4
SN  - 0377-7332
SN  - 1435-8921
VL  - 64
SP  - 1149
EP  - 1175
PB  - Springer
CY  - Berlin
ER  -